He’s right, but the comment will likely have its greatest affect boosting Dim turnout (in my view) in places like Texas and in tight GOP incumbent races in California. I also thought that to be true about his 14th Amendment comments. The time to say it was after the mid-terms, not before. I think it too could maybe increase Dim anger more than GOP support and possibly boost Dim turnout over it as well. Being right is not enough in political campaigns; you have to win.
I’d rather he’d said we will open fire if they try to cross the border. Once they do, we never get rid of them.
the headline is a lie ... trump never said anything like that ...
https://youtu.be/kzG4oEutPbA
This is similar to watching hurricanes develop and move toward land.
The caravans need to be given names-the first beginning with a and so on.
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It would not be good to fire on them, but that number cannot come into this country by force and demand to be accepted.
If they do that then doesn't that mean they would be in the country? I thought that the goal was to keep them from crossing the border in the first place?
Dallas Texas 2006, during war time, under Republican George Bush.
500,000 illegal aliens march on Dallas Texas pushing foreign flags in our faces and while making demands and threats. All while Bush celebrated Cinco De Mayo up in the White House each year...During war time.
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What a glaring contrast to a real leader like Trump!
I watched it. I thought he said rocks. The military should treat rocks like a gun. He also said some Mexican police and military were injured pretty badly.
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Anyone ever hear of a guy named Goliath? He was killed by a rock slung by some guy named David.
Under most normal police rules of use of deadly force, a thrown rock or one in the process of being thrown can be considered as lethal force.
I really think tazers would be a better idea.
I am watching the replay of the President's announcement, with following Q & A session, right now. Here is ALL the President said about throwing of rocks and military shooting:
Journalist 1: "(unintelligible) firing upon any of these people? Could you see..."
President Trump: "I hope not, I hope not. It's the military. I hope, I hope there won't be that. "
President Trump: "But I will tell you this: anyone throwing stones, rocks, like they did to Mexico, and the Mexican military, the Mexican police, where they badly hurt police and soldiers of Mexico, we will consider that a firearm. "
President Trump: "Because there's not much difference, when you get hit in the face with a rock, which, as you know, it was very violent a few days ago, very very violent, that break-in, it was a break-in of a country. It broke into Mexico."
(Later) Journalist 2: "Saying rocks, rock throwing is (unintelligible)."
President Trump: "We will consider that the maximum we can consider that. Because they are throwing rocks viciously, and violently. You saw that three days ago, really hurting the military. We're not going to put up with that."
President Trump: "They want to throw rocks at our military, our military fights back. We're going to consider it, I told them: 'consider it a rifle.' When they throw rocks, like they did at the Mexico Military Police, I say 'consider it a rifle'".
Never bring a rock to a gun fight.
Tenh first shots fired by our troops will hit women and children because they are walking at the point of the column. Stone throwers will cower in the back.
I love this man! Acknowledging that a deadly weapon is a deadly weapon and telling our troops and the rest of the world that under this Commander the military aren’t targets for practice - they are free to fight back...
Well, since we just had one border agent killed, and another seriously injured, by rocks used by illegal immigrants, I think it makes sense.
Nobody is going to force them to throw rocks, that is their own choice. Trump is clearly informing them of the consequences, so they can’t say they are not warned.